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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1917
Page
4
Fragmented text mocks fashion, diplomacy, and war reporting. It references German danger in World War I rhetoric, critiques press views on dress and behavior, notes a birth in the royal family, contains editorial comments on Hawkinsville tragedy, and laments immigration literacy tests amid national turmoil.
The Enterprise credits property owners along Main Street for funding resurfacing, noting the city’s progress toward first class status. The piece emphasizes gradual improvements and the newspaper’s pride in supporting growth, urging continued effort to build for the future.
Plans for Kirmess week in High Point intensify with calls for united civic effort to ensure success. Officials note publicity and coordinated town actions will boost the event, while a note on a 1910 mortgage illustrates local legal notices and property details tied to the period.
The piece argues against despair over Russia, noting historical parallels with France's uprising, and suggests Korniloff could seize leadership with strong ministry backing. It contends Russia remains hopeful under capable governance, while the Kaiser proclaims he has lost nothing and claims world esteem.
Washington September 12 Senate military committee reported adversely on Sen Hardwicks measure requiring consent of every drafted man before foreign service. The panel says the draft law is constitutional and that every drafted man can be used abroad.
In Atlantic City on Sept 12 representatives of the United States Potters' Association and the National Brotherhood of Operative Potters opened a conference to set a two year wage agreement. Workers demand a 25 percent raise while manufacturers propose counter terms including open doors to foreign white labor and abolition of all piece and contract work.
Assistant Minister for foreign affairs in Petrograd since July Petrayeff formerly headed the near eastern department of the foreign office. He began diplomacy in Turkey and studied Balkan politics, served in Macedonia, and represented Russia at the London conference during the Balkan War. He later acted as commissioner in Albania. Petrayeff authored treatises on Balkan affairs.
By virtue of a mortgage deed to EK A Bencini on $2350 dated December 12 1917 the executrix and executor of E A Bencini will sell at public auction for cash at the Greensboro court-house on Monday October 1 1917 at 3 PM. The property is Lot No 14 Section Twelve High Point Development Co Guilford County Boundaries per Book 53 Page 561. This is a notice of sale for default on the mortgage.
Baltimore observes Ol Defenders Day in memory of the 1814 British invasion resistance. Public offices and many businesses closed as the city held a municipal parade and patriotic meetings to mark the holiday.
Lincoln Nebraska September 12 Business as Homas has been adopted as the motto of the University of Nebraska as all departments open for the fall term. Upperclassmen enter officers reserve training camps in numbers and several faculty members receive army appointments while attendance remains satisfactory and the campus expects steady leadership.
Thoreau New Mexico hosts visitors en route to Lake View about 60 miles away for the Navajo fire dance set to begin today and run through the week. The ceremony is among the most sacred Navajo customs and occurs once every seven years.
Accused as Ani. Drafters. Seattle, Wath. Sept. 12 Hulet M. Wells, Sam Sadler, Aaron Fisherman and RB. F. Rice, socialist and labor leaders of Seattle, are to go on trial today on charges of seditious conspiracy and use of the mails to incite resistance against the selective draft law.
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